During that period a number of writers, not all of whom are known by name, wrote down the Icelandic family sagas, which tell of the settlement of Iceland and of life in northern Europe during the ninth and tenth centuries.
Durante ese período una serie de escritores, cuyos nombres no se conocen en su totalidad, escribieron las sagas familiares islandesas, que narran el asentamiento de Islandia y la vida en la Europa septentrional durante los siglos IX y X.